ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Acute Effects of Intermittent Foot Cooling on 1 RM Leg Press Strength in Resistance-Trained Men: A Pilot Study.
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- The potential efficacy of continuous plantar foot cooling during relatively mild simulated occupational heat stress-a pilot study.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Ischemic preconditioning combined with inter-set palm cooling enhances performance in strength-trained men during high-intensity resistance training: A randomized crossover trial.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- The Acute Effect of Warm-Up with Cold Water Immersion upon Calf Raise Performance, Muscle Tension, and Oxygen Saturation.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- The Ergogenic Effects of Intermittent Palm Cooling on Repeated Baseball Throwing Are Reversed when Cooling-Induced Pain Occurs.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Enhancing motor performance through brief skin cooling: exploring the role of enhanced sympathetic tone and muscle spindle sensitivity.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- No Effect of Intermittent Palm or Sole Cooling on Acute Training Volume during Resistance Exercise in Physically Active Adults: A Summary of Protocols.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Foot Cooling between Interval Bouts Enhances Repeated Lower Limb Power Performance: The Role of Delaying Fatigue.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Inter-set peripheral cooling can improve high-intensity resistance exercise performance. However, whether foot cooling (FC) would increase 1 repetition maximum (RM) lower-limb strength is unclear. This study investigated the effect of intermittent FC on 1 RM leg press strength. Ten recreational male lifters performed three attempts of 1 RM leg press with FC or non-cooling (NC) in a repeated-measures crossover design separated by 5 days. FC was applied by foot immersion in 10 °C water for 2.5 min before each attempt. During the 1 RM test, various physiological measures were recorded. The results showed that FC elicited higher 1 RM leg press strength (Δ [95% CI]; Cohen's d effect size [ES]; 13.6 [7.6-19.5] kg; ES = 1.631) and electromyography values in vastus lateralis (57.7 [8.1-107.4] μV; ES = 0.831) and gastrocnemius (15.1 [-3.1-33.2] μV; ES = 0.593) than in NC. Higher arousal levels (felt arousal scale) were found in FC (0.6 [0.1-1.2]; ES = 0.457) than in NC. In conclusion, the preliminary findings, although limited, suggest intermittent FC has a potential ergogenic role for recreational athletes to enhance maximal lower-limb strength and may partly benefit strength-based competition events.
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